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1944 : Explosion at Port Chicago


On 17 July 1944, a ship loaded with ammunition exploded in Port Chicago, California, causing other explosions in the nearby ships. The entire site was destroyed and 332 people were killed. Safety rules in those days were almost non-existent and the staff were very poorly trained.

1945 : Beginning of the Potsdam Conference


On July 17, 1945, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Potsdam near Berlin to discuss the problems in postwar Europe and the end of the conflict in Japan.

1955 : Disneyland opens in California


On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. The site was not quite ready and many people managed to enter uninvited. Despite a difficult start, the park had a great success and encouraged the construction of Disney World in Florida, ten years later.

1996 : A Boeing 747 explodes shortly after takeoff from New York


On 17 July 1996, a TWA Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Paris exploded shortly after takeoff from Kennedy International Airport in New York. Witnesses thought they saw the launch of a missile shortly before the explosion. After investigation, it appeared that the aircraft suffered a mechanical failure and was not shot by the Navy training nearby.

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Compleanni : 17 Luglio

Jean-Baptiste Corot, Pittore francese (1796)
Jack Conway, Regista americano (1887)
Erle Stanley Gardner, Scrittore americano (1889)
Berenice Abbott, Fotografa americana (1898)
James Cagney, Attore americano (1899)
Marcel Dalio, Attore francese (1900)
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Politico spagnola sotto Franco, direttore del CIO (1980-2001) (1920)
Gordon Gould, Fisico americano, inventore del laser (1920)
Louis Lachenal, Alpinista francese (1921)
Louis Nucera, Scrittore francese (1928)
Joaquín Salvador Lavado (Quino), Vignettista argentino (Mafalda) (1932)
Donald Sutherland, Attore canadese (1935)
Camilla Parker Bowles, Moglie del principe Carlo di Galles (1947)
Derek de Lint, Attore olandese (1950)
David Hasselhoff, Attore americano (1952)
Michel Field, Giornalista francese (1954)
Angela Merkel, Cancelliere tedesca (1954)
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong regista (1958)
Janet Lynn Kavandi, Astronauta americana (1959)
Matti Nykänen, Saltatore con gli sci finlandese (1963)
Cécile de France, Attrice belga (1975)
Katharine Towne, Attrice americana (1978)
Mélanie Thierry, Attrice francese (1981)

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Hector Malot, Scrittore francese (1907)
Henri Poincaré, Matematico francese (1912)
Billie Holiday, Cantante americana (1959)
Juan Manuel Fangio, Pilota di auto da Argentina (1995)
Edward Heath, Primo Ministro del Regno Unito (2005)
Mickey Spillane, Scrittore americano (2006)
Walter Cronkite, Giornalista americano (2009)
David Ngoombujarra, Attore australiano (2011)
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